[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17059]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the House of Representatives has voted 
numerous times to repeal ObamaCare, but the President finally admitted 
today that ObamaCare is just not working. And so to save his flawed 
legislation, he has decided to selectively enforce the law, the 
individual mandate, the idea that you can keep your own insurance. He 
says he won't enforce the fine for noncompliance for 1 year.
  His method is unconstitutional. The Constitution requires Congress to 
write, rewrite, and amend laws. No President can just use 
administrative discretion to not enforce laws or change the law. 
Administrative discretion is just not mentioned in the Constitution. 
Selective enforcement violates the 14th Amendment.
  No President can just administratively change any law. What's next? 
Is he going to raise taxes by administrative order?
  Congress must write the law. The President must enforce the law.
  The House will address this very issue legally tomorrow by bringing 
up legislation that now the President seems to support. I assume the 
former constitutional law professor will sign on this excellent 
legislation that you can keep your insurance if you like it.
  And that's just the way it is.

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